25 Then Esdras the scribe said, “Blessed be the only Lord, the God of my fathers, who has put these things into the heart of the king, to glorify his house that is in Jerusalem, (WEB) 26 and has honored me in the sight of the king, his counselors, and all his friends and nobles. (WEB) 27 Therefore I was encouraged by the help of the Lord my God, and gathered together out of Israel men to go up with me. (WEB)
1 Esdras 8:25–27
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